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the other aspect is america is not so inhumane that in the end when the need is desperate they do get into a hospital, but the cost gets shifted in the complicated accounting to somebody else. selling fact one of the reasons we have such an inefficient health care system is we don't provide care to large fraction of the population. >> the amazing thing, getting to it sort of universal health care system, despite the absence of a public option and the compromise made it is not a big budget. they were able to pay for it with relatively modest savings and the little bit of extra taxation and on balance the congressional budget office says the health reform bill is actually going to reduce the budget deficit and it is not going to lead to huge burdens on the public. that they die, it is very much at stake. if obama is reelected, america joined the community of civilized nations that provide some form of health insurance to all their citizens. if he loses it gets killed. >> we are out of tune to the rest of the industrial countries. nicolas sarkozy in france came to columbia and gave a tal
the other aspect is america is not so inhumane that in the end when the need is desperate they do get into a hospital, but the cost gets shifted in the complicated accounting to somebody else. selling fact one of the reasons we have such an inefficient health care system is we don't provide care to large fraction of the population. >> the amazing thing, getting to it sort of universal health care system, despite the absence of a public option and the compromise made it is not a big...
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america has supported every single dictator we've ever had. i imagine when we have our next one, they'll continue to support him too. there is, you know, the sense that we are a country that on foreign power, survives, and richard drops in every couple weeks, every couple months to see how we're doing. we allow him that, and that's because of great shame, and, you know, mr. holbrooke, who i count as one of my many cosmic enemies -- [laughter] >> really? >> many. david miliband is another. i'm biting my nails over sanity, but so, came into pakistan to push for the lugar bill to give $7 billion to pakistan over five years for development aide, and the conditions are completely repugnant, and we have to open up everything to receive this money, and richard holbrooke came in and said those against the lugar bill are against democracy in pakistan. that's rich. >> yes, down in front. microphone, two seconds to get to you. >> thank you for your presentation. fascinating. this is a little bit off the subject, but i wonder if you followed the case and
america has supported every single dictator we've ever had. i imagine when we have our next one, they'll continue to support him too. there is, you know, the sense that we are a country that on foreign power, survives, and richard drops in every couple weeks, every couple months to see how we're doing. we allow him that, and that's because of great shame, and, you know, mr. holbrooke, who i count as one of my many cosmic enemies -- [laughter] >> really? >> many. david miliband is...
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in both europe and america -- with eugenics. in america a group was led by such people as margaret sanger, whose journal, the birth control review, endorsed her friends book, quote, the title is the rising tide of color, against white world supremacy. her into this negro project use black ministers, including adam clayton powell to promote birth control. but the effort in england, germany and the united states to melt public health and eugenics rampart deeper. rather, they found their way into international and state policy with support from groups such as the national committee for mental hygiene, urging sterilization as a newcomer to quote prevent this class of persons from propagating, unquote. germany use venereal disease law to enlist doctors, greatly extending the power of the state into the private sphere kind producing a union with a medical profession that would be preferred rather easily in the third reich. in germany, one expert observe quote the more scientific a doctor's outlook was, the more politically naÏve he w
in both europe and america -- with eugenics. in america a group was led by such people as margaret sanger, whose journal, the birth control review, endorsed her friends book, quote, the title is the rising tide of color, against white world supremacy. her into this negro project use black ministers, including adam clayton powell to promote birth control. but the effort in england, germany and the united states to melt public health and eugenics rampart deeper. rather, they found their way into...
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so he began making promises that america, that emancipation was really just around the corner. he was imminent. we
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america wanted its own silk industry. skinner would say nobody comes over with and ambition not to wear the silk dress. everybody wanted so. he came to the country with knowledge and was a pioneer in the industry. established its. a founding member of the american soccer association and he took that one in this bill into opportunity after opportunity. to the point* he had his own and silk mill. it was a prosperous an entire village stage village groups around it called skinnerville. the poor kid from east london literally put his name on the map. to write the book i had to recreate skinnerville because it disappeared after the flood. here is a map of skinnerville from 1873. i need to go back. i dunno how to do that. how do you do that? a lot of research, archives research, archives, eddied, probate documents, of vital statistics, a tax records records, census, i should own stock with ancestry.com i spend so much money on the web site. i put together with this committee consisted of. , the children did they have? to lift?
america wanted its own silk industry. skinner would say nobody comes over with and ambition not to wear the silk dress. everybody wanted so. he came to the country with knowledge and was a pioneer in the industry. established its. a founding member of the american soccer association and he took that one in this bill into opportunity after opportunity. to the point* he had his own and silk mill. it was a prosperous an entire village stage village groups around it called skinnerville. the poor...
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i will focus on bans of america and arguments can certainly be in other cases. i will argue the five most prominent arguments in favor of banning of a gurkha automating consistency in ways that favor majority practice -- the idea of equal respect for all people from which this spring as. all cases of what might turn to the christian tradition against itself called cases of seeing demoting your brother's eye while failing to appreciate the large plank in your own eyes, all target situations alleged to be present in muslim communities failing to note their ubiquity in the worst form in the majority culture. let's look at how each is treated with equal respect. first, is an argument that holds security requires people to show their face when appearing in public places. a second closely related argument which i will treat with that says that the argument of transparency, it says the kind of transparency and reciprocity proper to relations between citizens is impeded by covering part of the face. what is wrong with both of these arguments is they are applied totally
i will focus on bans of america and arguments can certainly be in other cases. i will argue the five most prominent arguments in favor of banning of a gurkha automating consistency in ways that favor majority practice -- the idea of equal respect for all people from which this spring as. all cases of what might turn to the christian tradition against itself called cases of seeing demoting your brother's eye while failing to appreciate the large plank in your own eyes, all target situations...
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europeans feel that america -- george soros said to me the great thing about being a rich guy in america versus europe is in america if you're rich, people look up to you, and you're not necessarily. what is interesting is similar tensions are evident in europe, two and similar reactions. we've all been following france and attacks at the top living to 70% in the reaction of it to belgium. not for tax purposes, except kind of for tax purposes. in switzerland interestingly, there is a huge kind of national revolt against the superrich should all pay a high-tech suit either. very similar tensions, but there's a more extreme dynamic in the united states. >> which u.s. government policies in your view of that and perpetuate the transfer of wealth between the middle class in the top 1%? and could you rank importance, including for example -- >> would probably take all night. >> i suppose it would, but please address and include the tax equity, inequities, especially between earned income and capital gains. the federal reserves policy of low interest rates and the emphasis on spending rather t
europeans feel that america -- george soros said to me the great thing about being a rich guy in america versus europe is in america if you're rich, people look up to you, and you're not necessarily. what is interesting is similar tensions are evident in europe, two and similar reactions. we've all been following france and attacks at the top living to 70% in the reaction of it to belgium. not for tax purposes, except kind of for tax purposes. in switzerland interestingly, there is a huge kind...
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so america wanted its own silk industry. skinner used to say there's not an irish servant girl who comes over to this country whose ambition is not to wear a silk dress. everyone wanted silk. so skinner came to this country with the knowledge that americans didn't have, and he became a pioneer in the american silk industry. he helped establish it, he became a founding member of the american silk association, and he parlayed that one skill -- how to dye silk -- into opportunity after opportunity to the point where he had his own silk mill. and it was so prosperous that an entire village had grown up around it. this poor kid from east london had literally put his name on the american map. now, in order to write my book, i had to recreate skinnerville, because with it disappeared after the flood. and here, again, is a map of skinnerville from 1873. oh, okay. i do need to go back. i'm not sure quite how to do that. um, well, okay. we can leave this here. so i have had to recreate skinnerville. how do you do that? looking through
so america wanted its own silk industry. skinner used to say there's not an irish servant girl who comes over to this country whose ambition is not to wear a silk dress. everyone wanted silk. so skinner came to this country with the knowledge that americans didn't have, and he became a pioneer in the american silk industry. he helped establish it, he became a founding member of the american silk association, and he parlayed that one skill -- how to dye silk -- into opportunity after opportunity...
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we are famous in america for that. thee aratio of one executive ge to an average worker is 300 to 40s all other countries. so we have been in a major part of the ineq0 lity that i talked about before that has grown up in 30 years comes out of the decisions made in the boardroom with the boards of directors and mothor shareholders about the profits. if the workers themseffeces distributed the profits collectively, would they give poor people $4s every body else says not enough? unlikely. the biggest, best way to undo the inequality of wealth in the united states would be to reorganize a decision about how profits of corporations are distributed. if you are serious about doing something about inequality, here's a good way to start. i could gone and as you can see i enjoy the process but i won't. a place that has been doing that, just so you all know, a small pe when i make this argument i sometimes get skeptics whoe arae their hands, that is all righy we all know about -- run this way for those not aware of it, also true
we are famous in america for that. thee aratio of one executive ge to an average worker is 300 to 40s all other countries. so we have been in a major part of the ineq0 lity that i talked about before that has grown up in 30 years comes out of the decisions made in the boardroom with the boards of directors and mothor shareholders about the profits. if the workers themseffeces distributed the profits collectively, would they give poor people $4s every body else says not enough? unlikely. the...
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u-boats in the war before, as he said it, america -- the sea would become america's cage. .. this ship is the u. s s slater, built in the tampa shipyard, 563 destroyer escorts built. 17 shipyards all across the country. it actually came late in the game like a lot of them, 1944. they did a few escort's back and forth across the atlantic. one interesting thing the slater did do, the elite nazi submarine, the only you boat captured by the americans in world war ii was captured by a destroyer escort. they got a treasure trove of confidential documents, half a ton from this you boat, one of the torpedoes was loaded on to the slater and brought back to america for study along with the all-important enigma machine. that was the code breaking machine and is actually was very useful because it came on the eve of the normandy invasion and they were able to actually take that off of the u 505 and was very helpful in breaking the german code. one of the sailors going through this you boat, had never been aboard a submarine at all let alone a german u boat. they were storming through, me
u-boats in the war before, as he said it, america -- the sea would become america's cage. .. this ship is the u. s s slater, built in the tampa shipyard, 563 destroyer escorts built. 17 shipyards all across the country. it actually came late in the game like a lot of them, 1944. they did a few escort's back and forth across the atlantic. one interesting thing the slater did do, the elite nazi submarine, the only you boat captured by the americans in world war ii was captured by a destroyer...
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for the last 20 years, this day marks 20 years i have been gathering the oral histories of america's combat veterans from world war i through the current conflict in afghanistan. people said to me what i have done, provided some level of closure in some small way, that is the greatest compliment anybody could ever give me. >> despite the battle for bill 400, for dog company anywhere else? >> the highest casualty rate was at pointe du hoc where there's a picture in the book of a handwritten note of the number of killed and wounded in dog company and every single one of the men with the exception of a few were all wounded and there were 27 men that were killed from june 6th to june 8th in d-day. >> follow-up question. >> they inflicted a number of casualties. the primary -- besides the stabling the guns, pointe du hoc siphon off hundreds of troops that could have been deployed to omaha beach. these men killed many many germans that could have otherwise been manning machine-gun positions on omaha beach. who knows what would have happened if those hundreds of men had been deployed at oma
for the last 20 years, this day marks 20 years i have been gathering the oral histories of america's combat veterans from world war i through the current conflict in afghanistan. people said to me what i have done, provided some level of closure in some small way, that is the greatest compliment anybody could ever give me. >> despite the battle for bill 400, for dog company anywhere else? >> the highest casualty rate was at pointe du hoc where there's a picture in the book of a...
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." -- america again. william manchester and paul reid in "the last lion." this is seventh. of musician neil young is eighth with his memoir, "waging heavy peace." followed by andrew solomon's book, "far from the tree" about parents with exceptional children. then at tenth, bill o'reilly and martin due guard make the list again with "killing lincoln." you can find more on these bestsellers by going to indiebound.org and clicking on indie bestsellers. >> and now on c-span2, we bring you booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and bookings. here are some of the programs to look out for this weekend. at 5 p.m. eastern a look at nixon and the 1952 election with kevin matteson. his book is just plain dick. then at midnight, robert sullivan describes his journey to retrace the steps of the american revolution. and tomorrow in the light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff, at 2 p.m. eastern booktv highlights a few programs about economics. james gustav, steve forbes and george gilder all weigh in. wa
." -- america again. william manchester and paul reid in "the last lion." this is seventh. of musician neil young is eighth with his memoir, "waging heavy peace." followed by andrew solomon's book, "far from the tree" about parents with exceptional children. then at tenth, bill o'reilly and martin due guard make the list again with "killing lincoln." you can find more on these bestsellers by going to indiebound.org and clicking on indie bestsellers....
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that was money that could have been spent in america for americans to make america better. we wasted it there. now we say how can we punish americans, the average american? how can we punish them for the mistakes we made going into two wars. we'll punish them to pay for them. come on, let's face up to reality. mr. president, i suspect i may have more to say on this in the future, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: it is. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lift and i be allowed to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, we are at the last hour, if you will, the last day for sure in dealing with what has become probably the biggest fiscal crisis that our country has dealt with in some time. and i heard a number of my colleagues from the other side come down and talk
that was money that could have been spent in america for americans to make america better. we wasted it there. now we say how can we punish americans, the average american? how can we punish them for the mistakes we made going into two wars. we'll punish them to pay for them. come on, let's face up to reality. mr. president, i suspect i may have more to say on this in the future, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator:...
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they invited americans to join in keeping the french out of south america because south america was rich with all the gold and silver. john quincy adams was secretary of state and said absolutely not, were not going to get involved in foreign wars. we're not going to let them come over here either. the seeds were planted for the monroe doctrine. it was part of monroe's annual message and he announced his cabinet for help in putting together some sort of statement, making our international policy clear. john quincy adams wrote the corporate vision of god. there are three long paragraphs that now call the monroe doctrine. he tells the europeans he does not want to get involved in wars. we don't want anything to do. you stay out of our affairs. the band of the colonial era had come to an end. you can no longer consider americas as father for colonial aspirations and any attempt to colonize will be considered a threat to the united states. >> your book mentions, but doesn't dwell on family troubles. the adams family had some serious drinking problems. this is not a problem. it is a genetic t
they invited americans to join in keeping the french out of south america because south america was rich with all the gold and silver. john quincy adams was secretary of state and said absolutely not, were not going to get involved in foreign wars. we're not going to let them come over here either. the seeds were planted for the monroe doctrine. it was part of monroe's annual message and he announced his cabinet for help in putting together some sort of statement, making our international...
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and the survival and success of america. they did that what drove jefferson this case is the fear that would be swallowed up as a free of the revolution virtually in the world had been by the forces of reaction. i argue in the book that it's impossible life and to understand early american history without seeing the period between the end of the french and indian war and 7063 and the end of the war in 1815 as a 50 year war with britain sometimes hot and sometimes cold but always there. in precise analogy but it would be writing about washington, adams, jefferson, hamilton without reference to this struggle. i think would be like riding but truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, ronald reagan and not mentioning the soviet union. the foreign policy was that significant and his domestic ramifications were that significant. jefferson was terrified the british were coming back. the good thing about this argument is that they did. so you win the argument. the war of 1812 happened and so we had to have a ratifyi
and the survival and success of america. they did that what drove jefferson this case is the fear that would be swallowed up as a free of the revolution virtually in the world had been by the forces of reaction. i argue in the book that it's impossible life and to understand early american history without seeing the period between the end of the french and indian war and 7063 and the end of the war in 1815 as a 50 year war with britain sometimes hot and sometimes cold but always there. in...
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in fact the first place is what discusses here in america, even -- being opposed to slavery itself was remarkable. it's only in the western only in the 18th century that you have an abolition movement. people actually questioning the morality of slavery. so to me, jefferson was remarkable in that he actually questioned the system and had enough empathy to realize that slaves freed would be so angry at the way they were treated that it might actually rebel. i don't know if you want swedish know, i mean, jefferson was wrong about the blacks because when they were freed, there was no general rebellion after 1895. there was no mass slaughter of former masters. jefferson throughout his life, the revolutionary war was, it was a bit of a shock to him because a number of slaves ran off and joined the british to get the freedom. and he never forgave him for that, and that overrode the loyalty that many more slaves adjourned to the american cause. it overrode the fact that, well first of i should mention, george washington integrated the american army in 1775 blogspot throughout the war in washi
in fact the first place is what discusses here in america, even -- being opposed to slavery itself was remarkable. it's only in the western only in the 18th century that you have an abolition movement. people actually questioning the morality of slavery. so to me, jefferson was remarkable in that he actually questioned the system and had enough empathy to realize that slaves freed would be so angry at the way they were treated that it might actually rebel. i don't know if you want swedish know,...
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we no longer consider the americas as fodder for your colonial aspirations. and any attempt to colonize will be considered a threat the united states. >> your book mentions it doesn't dwell on family travel, the kind of thing but the tabloids would seize upon. the addams family despite great accomplishment had some serious drinking problems. >> this was not a problem, it was a genetic trait. and in those days, very clear that alcoholism was genetic because didn't have any psychotherapy were any kind of treatment available. it was -- it was passed along through abigail's family. she was born abigail smith. her brother died -- >> beyond will william smith? do we know much about uncle william? >> he died of alcoholism in those days. there was no treatment. you died a very early. some accident because you were out of control or you died of sclerosis to the liver but you died of alcoholism coming and her brother died of alcoholism. two of her three sons, john quincy adams' brothers died of alcoholism and two of john quincy adams' died. firstborn, george adams died
we no longer consider the americas as fodder for your colonial aspirations. and any attempt to colonize will be considered a threat the united states. >> your book mentions it doesn't dwell on family travel, the kind of thing but the tabloids would seize upon. the addams family despite great accomplishment had some serious drinking problems. >> this was not a problem, it was a genetic trait. and in those days, very clear that alcoholism was genetic because didn't have any...
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merchants forced parliament to repeal the townsend act to restore trade with america. unfortunately, parliament acted too slowly to avoid the famed boston massacre. the presence of troops in boston streets had the population that unruly elements turned the red coat soldiers into targets, first of insults, then snowballs, then stones, and other missiles. a troop of red coats retaliated and fired rifles into a threatening mob one night, killing five civilians, all of them who turned out to be sam adams' thugs from the water front. nonetheless, it threatened to become a city wide riot, and to prevent a real civil war there, governor thomas hutchenson immediately ordered the officer and the soldiers involved in the incident jailed and brought to trial for murder. defending them were none other than the respected american lawyers, joe -- josiah and quincy. they were not tories, but local farmers. they voted unanimously to acquit the officer and four of the soldiers. they found the other two soldiers guilty of justifiable manslaughter, a little more than a misdemeanor. just
merchants forced parliament to repeal the townsend act to restore trade with america. unfortunately, parliament acted too slowly to avoid the famed boston massacre. the presence of troops in boston streets had the population that unruly elements turned the red coat soldiers into targets, first of insults, then snowballs, then stones, and other missiles. a troop of red coats retaliated and fired rifles into a threatening mob one night, killing five civilians, all of them who turned out to be sam...
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became an american citizen as well as a world-renowned heart doctor that had done incredible things for america. to make a long story short, sent general petraeus ap e-mail, in ten minutes he got back to me, and we had for the next three months so-com, general petraeus, people had basically gone in and worked -- had written, the letters had been written to basically create a justification, an exception. three days ago rene will be laid to rest in arlington. [applause] yes, bob. >> dog company, do you see any proper recognition for what they did if. >> you know, i'm so pleased that many of the family and people that i know very perm hi are here -- personally are here. bob, you were a member of george company 3-1 in the chosen reservoir. part of a book i wrote called "give me a tomorrow," and you were a a machine gunner and it's really an honor to have you here, like george company for the most part dog company hasn't received as much recognition as they deserve. they received a presidential unit citation for their actions, but hill 400 remains an open issue. they deserve the presidential unit ci
became an american citizen as well as a world-renowned heart doctor that had done incredible things for america. to make a long story short, sent general petraeus ap e-mail, in ten minutes he got back to me, and we had for the next three months so-com, general petraeus, people had basically gone in and worked -- had written, the letters had been written to basically create a justification, an exception. three days ago rene will be laid to rest in arlington. [applause] yes, bob. >> dog...
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some of the impetus for prioritizing the issue of poverty came from the of america. the best-selling study of poverty by the holy cross alumni michael harrington who found poverty hidden in appellation and in america's inner cities. shriver is accepted the challenge and got to work first of all research and the scope of the problem and its possible solutions. she found 30 million americans then living in poverty, and his agenda for them was and handouts employment through programs like the preschool head program, a dhaka court to retrain adults for in the dhaka the postindustrial economy and vista volunteers in service to america often described as a domestic peace corps. there were programs come stress and community leadership, global planning with federal funds, and there were legal services for the poor. in time, the war on poverty raised up resentment from some public officials who were challenged by the newly uncovered poor. meanwhile, slowly but inexorably, the war on vietnam drew the funding away from shriver's operation and offered a choice between war and as
some of the impetus for prioritizing the issue of poverty came from the of america. the best-selling study of poverty by the holy cross alumni michael harrington who found poverty hidden in appellation and in america's inner cities. shriver is accepted the challenge and got to work first of all research and the scope of the problem and its possible solutions. she found 30 million americans then living in poverty, and his agenda for them was and handouts employment through programs like the...
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first, there were neutrality laws but there were also very strong isolationist sentiment in america. and even george marshall, who was chief military advisor to franklin roosevelt said, how can we send all these weapons to england if they're going to surrender to the british in a matter of weeks, and we end up fighting the germans? we will be charging into the face of our own weapons. but even though the operation was secret, it became headlines of course when it happened around the world. and everyone knew about it. and roosevelt and marshall were very, very effected by this. they thought if the british government can do this, they are serious. they are not going to negotiate with the germans. they're going to stay in this for as long as they possibly can. and it opened up the pathway for armaments to go to britain, which were very much needed and very much appreciated. >> brooke stoddard, when the official date of the so-called battle for britain, battle of britain? >> when were they? i think britain calls it july to the end of september, let's say. >> of 1940, which is essentially
first, there were neutrality laws but there were also very strong isolationist sentiment in america. and even george marshall, who was chief military advisor to franklin roosevelt said, how can we send all these weapons to england if they're going to surrender to the british in a matter of weeks, and we end up fighting the germans? we will be charging into the face of our own weapons. but even though the operation was secret, it became headlines of course when it happened around the world. and...
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. >> on the book i talk about is this unique to america, that the public is fascinated with the scandal? i think there are reasons to be angry at bill clinton reasons to not be angry at bill clinton over the monica lewinsky thing but at one level you could say the economy was moving and we were at peace and things were happening and we are angry because the president received essential favors from a young woman. here's a newsflash. well, read the book. whereas in france, the joke is they wouldn't elect a leader who didn't have the stresses. i don't want a gelding in this race. so what we see is the marriages tend to have i guess a bit more as a prudish view toward sexual affairs than folks around the world and in the end of the book in the last chapter i offer some comparisons. this thing happens all around the world that we in the united states tend to be more infatuated because of our freedoms and because we don't have a royal family that we can be fascinated with. the president becomes a monarch and if resident. i don't know what it is, up that yeah frances had a number of leaders wi
. >> on the book i talk about is this unique to america, that the public is fascinated with the scandal? i think there are reasons to be angry at bill clinton reasons to not be angry at bill clinton over the monica lewinsky thing but at one level you could say the economy was moving and we were at peace and things were happening and we are angry because the president received essential favors from a young woman. here's a newsflash. well, read the book. whereas in france, the joke is they...
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and still perhaps americas one of the most famous apt slavery advocate. famous as a radical ab list in nist. he was perceived to be that way because of a series of features he had given. lincoln on the other hand because he didn't have a national record could convincingly portray himself as the least radical the least antislavery republican. who is up for the race. so they go in and sue ward doesn't just have the advantage of being the dominant republican and being the governor and senator from new york. he also have -- weed is the name. fan fastic name. it's like tom wolf. perfectly portrays hawaii, you know, nature. he's the fine -- mid 19th merge has to offer he has essentially financial resources in the darings when table could involve cash as well as anything else you imagine. that doesn't happen. of course not. enormous advantages. he's been to many conventions. he dominated most. he goes there in fact sue ward was not the republican nominee in 1856 they told him there was no way we were winning. you don't want to be the leader of losing cost. let's
and still perhaps americas one of the most famous apt slavery advocate. famous as a radical ab list in nist. he was perceived to be that way because of a series of features he had given. lincoln on the other hand because he didn't have a national record could convincingly portray himself as the least radical the least antislavery republican. who is up for the race. so they go in and sue ward doesn't just have the advantage of being the dominant republican and being the governor and senator from...